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Anchor lead: Intervening when someone is bleeding may make the difference between life and death, Elizabeth Tracey reports Stop the Bleed is the name of a national campaign to increase awareness of major bleeding events and teach people what they …
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Anchor lead: What role do dogs play in intensive care units? Elizabeth Tracey reports Getting people out of bed in intensive care units, even when they’re being mechanically ventilated, is associated with better outcomes. Can dogs help? That’s the hope …
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Anchor lead: Do families and doctors walk away from critical meetings with the same understanding? Elizabeth Tracey reports Doctors may be unintentionally optimistic when conveying difficult information. That’s one interpretation of a study by Renee Boss, a neonatologist at Johns …
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This week’s topics include antibody depletion for kidney transplantation, a way to reverse dabigatran, the costs of board certification, and opioid use in the US population. Program notes: 0:43 Fees for medical specialty board 1:45 Over $3000 2:46 Kidney transplantation …
